Argentines are growing increasingly frustrated with inflation, soaring poverty, and unemployment rates in their country, which stem from the government’s socialist economic policies. “Our situation wasn’t good even before the pandemic. My family can barely afford basic things. Inflation has been out of control for years. One of our neighbors asked my father to borrow money for food just last week,” Jorge Alvarez, a 24-year-old university student from La Plata, told The Epoch Times. Alvarez said he attended a large protest in Buenos Aires involving tens of thousands of citizens, which took place on Aug. 18. The demonstration was part of a series of organized peaceful protests aimed at demanding economic solutions from the administration of President Alberto Fernández. Inflation in Argentina has remained at record levels since 2017. Former President Mario Macri turned to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for financial assistance in 2018, which created a spike in …